Author Archives: susan

The Stories of Green Knowe

Posted on 31/08/2011 by susan

A couple of weeks ago I went to see ‘From Time to Time’, a movie based on a children’s novel by L.M. Boston. I was eager to see it, and I suppose it’s always a danger, seeing the film of … Continue reading →

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About Verity Sparks

Posted on 29/07/2011 by susan

I’m starting to get excited about The Truth About Verity Sparks. Its release date is the 1st of August – and that’s soon. I’m going to have a book launch at Stoneman’s Bookroom, where I work, I’ve sent offers of … Continue reading →

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THE TIME PROBLEM

Posted on 10/06/2011 by susan

  Finding time is the key to a life filled with happy work. Kenneth Atchity A friend has loaned me a book called A Writer’s Time by Kenneth Atchity. The subtitle is Making the Time to Write. Even though I … Continue reading →

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BEST POEMS ON THE UNDERGROUND

Posted on 04/05/2011 by susan

No, not best poems about the underground – political movement or home of worms and tunneling creatures – but best poems on the London Tube. When I went to the UK with my mother in September 1986 we travelled everywhere … Continue reading →

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Editing

Posted on 14/04/2011 by susan

Jane Sullivan’s column in the March 26th Saturday Age was called ‘Solving the mystery of what editors do’. She’d read an article from the Toronto Globe and Mail, which talked about the way the economic downturn has forced many publishers … Continue reading →

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Scrapbook

Posted on 29/03/2011 by susan

The theme this week is bits and pieces. I have been trying to impose order on my bulging filing cabinet, and so I’ve had a purge. Lots of paper went straight to the bin, while a small pile for ‘keep’ and … Continue reading →

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Booklist

Posted on 12/03/2011 by susan

Last March I started writing a list of the books I’d read. I thought as a blog exercise I’d review last year’s list each month and contrast it with this year’s, and see if there was anything that stuck in … Continue reading →

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The Reluctant Dragon

Posted on 30/01/2011 by susan

This is how I became a reader, and then a writer. Reading came first, but not easily. Perhaps I started school too young – only 4 – but my mother always told me that I had had all sorts of … Continue reading →

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Fashion Can Be Fatal

Posted on 09/12/2010 by susan

I WAS A TEENAGE FASHION VICTIM! Fashion Can Be Fatal is the first – and only – non-fiction book I’ve written. The lovely, witty and very kind Robyn Annear is a fellow Castlemaine resident and author of the award-winning Bearbrass … Continue reading →

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